proton32176
- Feb 3, 2012
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I hope you guys can help me with this.
In truth I am not much of an Electronic Hobbyist. Right now I am a Dentist with a problem.
The pictures below show the two connectors on the cable that goes from my Siemens X-ray machine to the control pad that is used to set the parameters.
My problem is Siemens no longer makes this cable and the insulation has started to disintegrate. The choice is either replace the cables or buy two new machines at around $10,000.00 a piece.
I have spent days on the internet and hours in the car trying to identify these parts and to find a place to get them. I can build new cables if I can just find the connectors.
I know the plug is a “7-pin Cannon plug” and the other is a “ Molex 8 pin Dual Row Crimp Connector”. But in spite of knowing that I still can’t find the exact parts on Google image search.
I have seen these connectors on other equipment so I know they are not rare.
I have seen Canon plugs like this on audiovisual equipment in the past and the molex is familiar as well.
But recognizing them and actually being able to find them is two different things.
I have searched Allied Electronics and Digikey for hours but not knowing the exact name for these parts has made it impossible.
Dental Equipment Manufacturers use as many off the shelf parts as possible from other industries to keep production costs low. So if these look like something you have seen on a wildly different type of equipment it is probably the same thing. If anyone recognizes these plugs and can point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it.
I am sure someone is going to ask why I don’t pay a custom cable company to make them.
I have tried everyone I could find and told them to “name their price”.
But I haven’t found anyone willing to mess with it.
Thanks for your help.
In truth I am not much of an Electronic Hobbyist. Right now I am a Dentist with a problem.
The pictures below show the two connectors on the cable that goes from my Siemens X-ray machine to the control pad that is used to set the parameters.
My problem is Siemens no longer makes this cable and the insulation has started to disintegrate. The choice is either replace the cables or buy two new machines at around $10,000.00 a piece.
I have spent days on the internet and hours in the car trying to identify these parts and to find a place to get them. I can build new cables if I can just find the connectors.
I know the plug is a “7-pin Cannon plug” and the other is a “ Molex 8 pin Dual Row Crimp Connector”. But in spite of knowing that I still can’t find the exact parts on Google image search.
I have seen these connectors on other equipment so I know they are not rare.
I have seen Canon plugs like this on audiovisual equipment in the past and the molex is familiar as well.
But recognizing them and actually being able to find them is two different things.
I have searched Allied Electronics and Digikey for hours but not knowing the exact name for these parts has made it impossible.
Dental Equipment Manufacturers use as many off the shelf parts as possible from other industries to keep production costs low. So if these look like something you have seen on a wildly different type of equipment it is probably the same thing. If anyone recognizes these plugs and can point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it.
I am sure someone is going to ask why I don’t pay a custom cable company to make them.
I have tried everyone I could find and told them to “name their price”.
But I haven’t found anyone willing to mess with it.
Thanks for your help.